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“Public Meeting About the Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century”
12 October 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
12 octobre 2017Réunion publique sur le rôle des Nations Unies dans le 21ème siècle
Speech by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Public Meeting About the Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century”
Aalborg University
Kroghstraede 3, Room 4.110
Thursday, 12 October 2017, at 14h30
Excellencies,
Dear students,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure to be here with you today. I would like to thank the Danish United Nations Association of Northern Jutland and the…
3 years 10 months ago
IOM Press Conference
12 October 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Richard Danziger, IOM Regional Director for West & Central Africa Othman Belbeisi, IOM Libya Chief of Mission Giuseppe Loprete, IOM Niger Chief of Mission Anke Strauss, IOM Mauritania Chief of Mission
Title
IOM Press Conference
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Humanitarian Situation in Libya, Niger and the Sahel
Organizations…
3 years 10 months ago
High-Level Exchange of the First Committee of the 72nd General Assembly
11 October 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
11 octobre 2017Échange de haut niveau de la Première Commission de la 72ème session de l’Assemblée Générale
Speech by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“High-Level Exchange of the First Committee of the 72nd General Assembly”
Wednesday, 11 October 2017, at 15h00 (EST)
Chairperson,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and gentlemen:
I am pleased to be part of this timely discussion, alongside my distinguished colleagues from the disarmament community, on the…
3 years 10 months ago
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
11 October 2017
Press Release
The 41st round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded.
In Working Group I dealing with security issues, the situation on the ground was extensively reviewed and assessed as relatively calm and stable. The participants continued discussions and consultations on the topic of non-use of force, including on the content of a joint statement. They agreed to continue consultations on this matter during the period leading up to the next round. The participants also touched upon several other issues, including detentions along the dividing lines, access to…
3 years 10 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
11 October 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Thomas Hunecke Karin Friedrich Jyoti Sanghera
Title
OHCHR Press Conference
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Myanmar: Mission Report of OHCHR rapid response mission to Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
Organizations
OHCHR
3 years 10 months ago
UNISDR Press Conference
11 October 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Robert Glasser, SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction
Title
UNISDR Press Conference
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The International Day for Disaster Reduction (13 October). How disasters are fuelling homelessness worldwide
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
3 years 10 months ago
International School of Geneva - La Grande Boissière
10 October 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
10 octobre 2017Discours aux élèves, parents et professeurs de l'Ecole Internationale de Genève, Campus de la Grande Boissière.
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
International School of Geneva - La Grande Boissière
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 at 9.45 am
Dear students, parents and professors,
Thank you for inviting me today to discuss the global challenges and the work of the United Nations to address them.
You probably know that Ecolint and the United Nations have a common history.…
3 years 10 months ago
Bi-Annual Civil Society Briefing
10 October 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
10 octobre 2017 Réunion semestrielle à la société civile
Opening remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Bi-Annual Civil Society Briefing
Palais des Nations, Room XXIV
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 at 15:00
Chers représentants d'organisations non gouvernementales,
Chers collègues et amis :
Je suis heureux de poursuivre nos discussions régulières dans le format de ces réunions semestrielles en vue de vous informer des activités, des défis et des priorités actuelles de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève.
Je…
3 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 October 2017
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme.Bangladesh
Adrian Edwards, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that UNHCR was working with the Bangladesh authorities on a transit centre to prepare for a potential refugee influx in the coming days, following…
3 years 10 months ago
Near verbatim transcript of the press conference by Miroslav Lajčák, President of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly
10 October 2017
Press Conferences
Miroslav Lajčák: Thank you very much and good afternoon, thank you for coming. I have arrived this morning to Geneva for my first official trip as the President of the General Assembly. I will spend three days here, and meeting with you is my first one I am having here, which I find symbolic. I want to use this opportunity to share with you first my priorities for the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, and also to share with you some reflections on the general debate that…
